Special Edition the the Prophet of Mercy Muhammad, May Allah’S Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him Dawn

The Newsletter of the Birmingham Mosque Trust Ltd. Dhul Qadah/Dhul Hijjah 1434 Issue No. 256 Special Edition The The Prophet of Mercy Muhammad, May Allah’s Peace and Blessings be upon him Dawn history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels." (The 100: A ranking of the most influential persons in history" New York, 1978, p. 33) The well known British historian, Sir William Muir, in his "Life of Mohammed" adds: “Our authorities, all agree in ascribing to the youth of Mohammad a modesty of deportment and purity of manners rare among the people of Makkah... The fair character and honourable bearing of the unobtrusive youth won the approbation of his fellow-citizens; and he received the title, by common consent, of Al-Ameen, the Trustworthy." Message Of the Prophet: The celebrated British writer, Thomas Carlyle, in his book On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History-, observes: We Love Muhammad "Ah on: this deep-hearted son of the wilderness with his "You have indeed in the Messengers of God an excellent beaming black eyes and open social deep soul, had other exemplar, for any one whose hope is in God and the Final thoughts than ambition. A silent great man; he was one of Day, and who engages much in the glorification of the those who cannot but be in earnest; whom Nature herself has Divine." [Quran 33:21] appointed to be sincere. While others walk in formulas and hearsays, contented enough to dwell there, this man could not screen himself in formulas; he was alone with his own What do they (Non-Muslims) soul and the reality of things. The great mystery of Existence, as I said, glared in upon him, with its terrors, Say About Prophet Muhammad? with its splendors; no hearsays could hide that unspeakable Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, has fulfilled for his fact. 'Here am I'; such Sincerity as we name it, has in very people a role that combines the functions - of a truth something of divine. The work of such a man is a voice distinguished prophet, statesman, author, and reformer. He direct from Nature's own Heart. Men do and must listen to has earned for himself as a consequence the respect and that as to nothing else; all else is wind in comparison." reverence of countless people, Muslim and non-Muslim everywhere. John Davenport in his well known work, "An Apology for Mohammad and While our knowledge of men who filled similar roles from the Koran", admits the honesty and sincerity behind Moses to Zoroaster to Jesus is shrouded with legend, often Mohammad's claim of being an apostle of God, when he incomplete and frequently colour, and while the accounts of says: Muhammad's life and deeds contain their share of “It is strongly corroborative of Mohammad's sincerity that incompleteness and colouring, the fact remains that he was the earliest converts of Islam were his bosom friends and the the first to live and preach in the full light of history. Islam: people of his household, who all intimately acquainted with Beliefs and Observances by Caesar E. Farah his private life, could not fail to have detected those Michael H. Hart discrepancies which more or less invariably exist between the in his book on ratings of people who contributed towards pretentions of the hypocritical deceiver and his actions at the benefit and upliftment of mankind writes: home." "My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's “With all that simplicity which is so natural to a great mind, most influential persons may surprise some readers and he performed the humblest offices whose homeliness it would may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in be idle to conceal with pompous diction; even while Lord of Arabia, he mended his own shoes and coarse woollen garments. Comprehensive milked the ewes, swept the hearth, and kindled the fire. Dates and water were his usual fare and milk and honey Personality Of the Prophet: his luxuries. When he travelled he divided his morsel with the servant. The sincerity of his exhortations to benevolence Alphonse of Lamartine, was justified at his death by the exhausted state of his in his well known work, “Histoire de la Turquie", observes: coffers" “if greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astounding W. Montgomery Watt results are the three criteria of human genius, who could writes in his "Mohammad at Makkah" : "His readiness to dare to compare any great man in modern history with undergo persecution for his beliefs, the high moral character Muhammad? The most famous men created arms, laws and of the men who believed in him and looked up to him as empires only. They founded, if anything at all, no more than leader, and the greatness of his ultimate achievement - all material powers which often crumbled away before their argue his fundamental integrity. To suppose Muhammad as eyes. This man moved not only armies, legislations, empires, imposter raises more problems than it solves. Moreover, none people and dynasties, but millions of men in one-third of the of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the inhabited world; and more than that, he moved the altars, West as Muhammad. Thus, not merely must we credit the gods, the religions, the ideas, the beliefs and the souls. Muhammad with essential honesty and integrity of purpose, On the basis of a Book, every letter of which has become law, if we are to understand him at all: if we are to correct the he created a spiritual nationality which blended together errors we have inherited from the past ..." people of every tongue and of every race. Philosopher, orator, apostle, legislator, warrior, conqueror of ideas, restorer of rational beliefs, a founder of twenty terrestrial empires and A well known writer, Bosworth Smith, in his well known one spiritual empire. Of all standards by which human book "Mohammad and Mohammadanism", adds: greatness can be measured, we may well ask ... is there any man greater than Mohammed?" “Head of the State as well as of the Church, he was Caesar and Pope in one; but he was Pope without Pope's The Prophet pretensions, Caesar without the legion of Caesar. Without a standing army, without a body-guard, without a palace, As A Hero: without a fixed revenue, if ever any man had the right to K. S. Ramakrishna Rao say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammad, in his book Mohammed: for he had all the power without its instructions and The Prophet of Islam' without its supports." writes: Stanley Lane-Poole, “The personality of Muhammad is most difficult to get the in his work, "The Speeches and Table Talk of the Prophet whole truth of it. Only a glimpse of him I can catch. What Mohammad" adds: dramatic succession of picturesque scenes? There is “The day of Mohammad's greatest triumph over his enemies Muhammad the Prophet; there is Muhammad the General; was also the day of his grandest victory over himself. He Muhammad the King; Muhammad the Warrior; Muhammad freely forgave the Koraysh all the years of sorrow and cruel the Businessman; Muhammad the Preacher; scorn in which they had afflicted him and gave an amnesty Muhammad the Philosopher; Muhammad the Statesman; to the whole population of Makkah. Four criminals whom Muhammad the Orator; Muhammad the Reformer; justice condemned made up Mohammad's proscription list, Muhammad the Refuge of Orphans; Muhammad the when he entered as a conqueror to the city of his bitterest Protector of Slaves; Muhammad the Emancipator of Women; enemies. The army followed his example, and entered Muhammad the Judge; Muhammad the Saint... In all these quietly and peacefully; no house was robbed, no women magnificent roles and in all these departments of insulted. human activities he is equally a hero." In the earlier portion of his mission, the Prophet travelled to Legacy of the Prophet: the city of Taif, a city located in the mountains nearby to George Bernard Shaw Mecca, in order to invite them to accept Islam. The leaders said about him: of Taif, however, were rude and discourteous in their “He must be called the Savior of Humanity. I believe that if treatment of the Prophet. Not being content with their a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the insolent attitude towards him, they even stirred up some modern world, he would succeed in solving its problems in a gangs of the town to harass him. This riff-raff followed the way that would bring it much needed peace andhappiness." Prophet shouting at and abusing him, and throwing stones [The Genuine Islam, Singapore, Vol. 1, No. 8, 1936] at him, until he was compelled to take refuge in an orchard. These ruffians, stationed either side of the path, threw Mahatma Gandhi, stones at him until his feet were injured and smeared with speaking on the character of Muhammad blood. These oppressions so grievously dejected the Prophet "I wanted to know the best of one who holds today's and plunged him into in such a state of depression that a undisputed sway over the hearts of millions of mankind....I prayer, citing his helplessness and pitiable condition and became more than convinced that it was not the sword that seeking the aid of Allah, spontaneously came from his lips: won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense “O God, to You I complain of my weakness, lack of resources devotion to this friends and followers, his intrepidity, his and humiliation before these people.

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